20051007Decision memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
CO MMISSI 0 NER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
LEGAL
WORKING FILE
FROM:WAYNE HART
DATE:OCTOBER 7, 2005
RE:ST AFF REVIEW OF INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS AND
AMENDMENTS: CASE NOS. QWE-05-15; QWE-05-19 (AGREEMENT
AND AMENDMENT) AND VZN-Ol-l1.
BACKGROUND
Under the provisions of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, interconnection
agreements must be submitted to the Commission for approval. 47 V.C. ~ 252(e)(1). The
Commission may reject an agreement adopted by negotiations only ifit finds that the agreement:
(1) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier not a party to the agreement; or (2)
implementation of the agreement is not consistent with the public interest, convenience and
necessity. 47 V.C. ~ 252(e)(2)(A).
THE CURRENT APPLICATIONS
1. Qwest & CommPartners. LLC. (Case No. QWE-05-15t This is an Application for a
new agreement based upon Qwest's 14 State Template and Qwest's Statement of Generally
Available Terms (SGAT) for Idaho. It contains terms that are similar to other agreements
previously approved by the Commission.
2. Owest and Dieca Communications Inc. dba Covad Communications Company (Covadt
(Case No. QWE- T -05-19). There are two Applications under this case number. The first seeks
approval of a new agreement, and the second is for an amendment to add terms to that agreement
for line splitting. The agreement contains terms primarily taken from the SGA T that have been
previously approved by this Commission. The amendment contains terms derived from a Qwest
proposal in Case No QWE-01-11. (Qwest UNE Cost Docket) Although the Commission has not
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concluded that case, the Commission has approved these terms in other interconnection
agreements.
3. Verizon & AT&T (Case No. VZN-01-11)~This is an Application to adopt an
nationwide amendment introducing new pricing by density zones for analog and digital loops. The
Idaho-specific rates have only one zone, and the terms are the same as in other recently approved
Verizon interconnection agreements. They represent a small increase over the original Verizon-
AT&T terms.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The Staff has reviewed all of these Applications and did not find any terms and conditions
that it considers to be discriminatory or contrary to the public interest. Staff believes that these
Amendments are consistent with the pro-competitive policies of this Commission, the Idaho
Legislature, and the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. Accordingly, Staff believes that
these Amendments to previously approved interconnection agreements merit the Commission
approval.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to approve the Applications for Approval of the
Interconnection Agreements and Amendments listed above?
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